Side effects of television food commercials on concurrent nonadvertised sweet snack food intakes in young children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1328-1333

  Anschutz, Doeschka J ^a   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a   Van Strien, Tatjana ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEETNESS; TELEVISION; APPETITE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUNGER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CUES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELEVISION;

EID: 65549152275     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27075     Document Type: Article

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